JANE MARVIN 


By 

IDA FRANCES HASLEY 

Author of 

“One of Three Ways of Being 
Honorably Rich,” Etc. 



Copyright 1923 
By Ida Frances Hasley 



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-h* FOREWORD-*- 

VOLUMES HAVE BEEN WRITTEN IN THE NAME OF LIBERTY, WARS HAVE 
REFJN FOUGHT; MILLIONS OF DOLLARS SPENT; THOUSANDS OF HUMAN 
LIVES SACRIFICED IN ITS NAME AND YET SLAVERY IS NOT ABOLISHED IN 
THE HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS. 

MEN AND WOMEN OF ALL CONDITIONS AND RACES ARE STILL IN MEN¬ 
TAL BONDAGE TO THE MOST RELENTLESS MASTERS, SIN, SICKNESS, POV¬ 
ERTY AND DEATH. AN UNDERSTANDING OF CHRIST’S DIVINE SCIENCE IS 
THE LIBERATOR. 

The Author. 




“THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS UPON ME, BECAUSE HE HATH ANOINTED 
ME TO PREACH THE GOSPEL TO THE POOR: HE HATH SENT ME TO HEAL 
THE BROKENHEARTED, TO PREACH DELIVERANCE TO THE CAPTIVES, AND 
RECOVERING OF SIGHT TO THE BLIND, TO SET AT LIBERTY THEM THAT ARE 
BRUISED. 

AND YE SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH, AND THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU 
FREE.” 

Christ Jesus. 



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CHAPTER I. 

After the comipletion of a successful business deal Jane Marvin returned to her 

office bright and early with an eagerness to get through the pile of mail which she 

knew would be awaiting her and to be in readiness for whatever might present itself— 
as Jane put it “Whatever task God saw fit to assign to her.” 

By dint of close application to the principles which she believed to be right and 

which she had proved in many instances Jane had accumulated a large fortune in oil— 
her repeated successes were the talk among the oil fraternity of the Mid-Continent Oil 
Field,—the most prolific high-grade oil field in the world. 

ohe maintained an elaborate suite of offices on the fourteenth story of her own 
office building, occupying the entire floor. On the outside of the door were the words 
JANE MARVIN, OIL PRODUCER” and at the door of her private office “MISS MAR¬ 
VIN, PRIVATE.” 

As she attacked the pile of accumulated mail on her desk her telephone operator 
in the outer office who guarded her sanctum sanctorum rang her private telephone, 
smiling inwardly as she did so, knowing full well that were it not for the rules that 
no one must come in without Miss Marvin’s consent that she could have said to the 
handsome young Captain “Walk right in.” As it was she said “Miss Marvin, can you 
see Captain Hilton?”, and waited only a brief moment for that lady’s answer “Tell 
Captain Hilton to come right in.” 

Had the Captain known that Miss Marvin kept a small mirror in one of the pigeon¬ 
holes of her roll top mahogany desk which she always consulted when he was an¬ 
nounced he would have had more assurance as to how she felt toward him—as it was 
he was not always altogether satisfied at that lady’s sense of self-possession and self- 
confidence that whatever she undertook would come out just the way she desired. 
Since the war he had come to think of women more on a fifty-fifty basis than at any 
other time. And this was always Jane’s theory when he talked to her of marriage 
that her personality need not be absorbed in his but that marriage should be a part¬ 
nership affair. He was beginning to see her view point and to- accord to her the privi¬ 
leges of being a citizen on her own account. He had come to tell her today that he 
had decided to enter politics and that when he was elected to the Attorney-general¬ 
ship that he expected her to marry him. However as he entered the cozily furnished 
private office with its rich mahogany furniture, its well shaded windows and soft light; 
its expensive pictures of some of her oil wells and a picture of the Christ in His risen 
glory, he wondered what he could offer Jane to compensate for what she was able to 
do for herself. However, he knew that he loved her and that, he felt, was enough. 
The fact that the Captain held Miss Marvin’s hand until she withdrew it with a laugh 
would have indicated to an on-looker that he was not a business caller. As he drew 
up his chair to the extended slide of her desk he took out his cigarette case and select¬ 
ing one asked “may I smoke”? In her characteristic way Miss Marvin replied, “If 
it makes you any happier.” He could not resist a grin at this and obligingly offered 
her his case. With a shake of her head Miss Marvin replied “I am not in bondage to 
the poisonous weed.” But she relented when she saw he had no match and found 
one on her desk, and lighting it, held it to his cigarette. 

Realizing she was busy he launched into the subject uppermost in his mind; 

“Now that T am out of the Army I am going back to law and politics, I have an¬ 

nounced as Attorney-General.” “Yes,” she replied, “so I saw by the paper. I am 
glad to know it Jack for we need God-fearing men in politics.” 

Laying his cigarette on a tray on the typewriter desk near by, above which was 

a file of papers, Jack slid his chair close to that of the young lady and taking her 

hand in his “Jane you talk about God as though you knew Him; I wish I could get some 
proof that there was one.” 

“Yes”—without removing her hand—“Jack, I do know there is a God, for I 
have proved Him many, many times.” Jack leaned toward her until his head touched 
hers; “Jane, I love you so—tell me that you will marry me when I am elected Attorney 
General.” 

“I do love you, Jack,” she replied, “but there are many things yet I want to do.” 
They both laughed but neither seemed to be inclined to break the spell and in this 
position they remained sitting while the cigarette burned on and neither was aware 
of its burning—such is perfect harmony of thought. 

In the outer office a man was asking to see Miss Marvin and the girl at the tele¬ 
phone as persistently refused until he advised her it was absolutely necessary as he 
must see her at once. Risking Miss Marvin’s displeasure of calling her when 
she already had an appointment the girl rang her private wire. It is only a realiza¬ 
tion that her telephone is ringing that brings Jane back to earth and with a sheepish 
grin she released her hands from Jack’s. After talking with the girl at the switch- 


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board she said to Jack, who had been watching her jealously; “This is one of my 
lease scouts, I’ll have to see him at once.” As Jack left the room Nash Rayburn, one 
of the lease scouts in Miss Marvin’s employ, hurried into the room. Without much 
preliminary he asked, “Do you know your option on the Grayhawk lease expires at 
6 o’clock this evening and there is an offset well ready to come in.” 

Janej does not wait for further information but after a hurried consultation of her 
records finds that Rayburn is right. 

“Do you suppose that anyone else is trying to get it?” 

“Yes there are any number after it but since you got Grayhawk’s son out of jail 
he will not sign the lease for anyone but you.” 

“Then,” she replied, “that means that I personally will need to be there.” 

Rayburn admitted that such seemed to be the case. 

Glancing at her watch Jane realized her only train was the Limited which left 
in 30 minutes time and to Rayburn she said “The limited' leaves in thirty minutes and 
I’ll be on it.” She half pushed him out of the door and in doing so she noticed the 
burning paper which had lighted by Jack’s cigarette. “There,” she said to herself, 
“is some more evidence of the destructiveness of the cigarette,” and quickly extin¬ 
guished the burning edge of the paper under the cold-water drink fountain. It also 
brought her to a somewhat realization of the attraction the Captain had for her and 
she smiled as she realized the inevitableness of this attraction. It was not so much 
an attraction of personalities as of the same qualities of thought. Jane 
had always regarded marriage as possibly retarding her activities but since meeting 
Jack she was beginning to take an opposite view; that was the one question that she 
was taking plenty of time to decide upon—business questions were decided with her 
with a nod of the head, she always seemed to have the answer, but even from child¬ 
hood, although marriage had been held up to her—as to the great majority of girls—, 
as the end-all and be-all of existence, she could never see it that way. Since meet 
ing Jack however she seemed to realize that one-ness of thought which is essential 
to a lasting marriage. As these thoughts chased each other through her mind she 
was also thinking what would be necessary to take with her on her hurried trip. 
With her usual directness—she rang for her secretary and as that young lady appeared 
with her note book ready she said “Tell Sam J. Parson on the Marvin Lease, Furbank, 
Okla., to meet the Limited in high-powered car.” With this bit of instruction out of the 
way she finished hastily arranging the papers on her desk, placed some lease blanks 
and her contract with Grayhawk in her portfolio; and putting her Bible in her trav¬ 
eling bag, which she always kept ready packed, she pulled the roll-top desk down and 
was met by the secretary with the finished telegram. Glancing at this before giving 
it to the waiting boy who had responded to the call-bell of the secretary; then with 
final instructions and a hasty good-by to that young lady and to the switchboard 
operator Jane was off to catch the Limited which would take her to close a contract 
that meant for her the making of about five millions of dollars. Such is oil. 

After leaving Jane, Jack had gone direct to his headquarters. He always felt 
after a talk with her that he could win anything he undertook to do. Her calm con¬ 
fidence, her assurance, not only in herself but in him, as well, and her reliance upon 
a Divine power which she called her God always inspired him to do greater things 
than he had ever dreamed of before undertaking. As yet he was quite unable to 
understand her God as she seemed to and when he had first met Jane the future 
had seemed to him like looking into a dark canon. He was beginning to get her view¬ 
point that all things are possible to God and man as His image and likeness and work 
more understanding^. It was while Jack was thinking these thoughts that his 
Secretary came to him with a large banner he had painted. 

“AS ATTORNEY GENERAL CAPTAIN HILTON WILL DUPLICATE HIS 

SKILL AND DARING IN THE RECENT STRUGGLE FOR CIVILIZATION 

AND WILL BREAK UP THE POLITICAL RING THAT HAS BEEN ROBBING 

OUR BANKS AND BRING THE GUILTY TO JUSTICE.” 

The Captain knew that this was exactly what he intended doing and gave his 
acknowledgment of its accuracy to his Secretary. The Captain realized he had ability 
and skill and yet he often seemed to be working in a quandary—he wished he could 
get that positive assurance that Jane seemed to possess. 


CHAPTER II. 

On the train to Furbank Jane as usual occupied her time in studying the Bible. 
She knew they were running late and as the Conductor passed, that obliging indi¬ 
vidual advised her they were about two hours behind schedule. Knowing that she 
had a long auto trip before her she decided to change to her driving costume and as 



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she was about to close her Bible her eye caught the passage in Proverbs “And lean 
not to thine own understanding.’’ Although she had read this many times, today it 
seemed to have a new meaning for her. The realization that with her human under¬ 
standing alone she could do nothing and the understanding of God is the beginning 
of wisdom seemed to unfold in her consciousness as the petals of a rose unfold. How¬ 
ever time was short as they were within a short distance of her destination and she 
hastened to the dressing room. Just as she had finished donning her driving costume 
the picture came before her eyes (as plainly as though the real parties were there) 
of two men backing an automobile up to the rear of her own car in which sat her 
lease foreman, Sam Porter, to whom she sent the telegram, and were by means of 
a rubber tube extracting the gasoline from her tank. For a moment Jane could not 
realize the significance of what was taking place and then as the light burst upon 
her consciousness she said to herself “I was afraid Sam was weak,” then reopened 
her traveling bag and took therefrom a Colt’s automatic and placed it in the right 
hand pocket of her jacket. 

The actuality of what came to Jane so clearly as she stood in the dressing room 
of the Pullman was taking place at the station of Furbank where her lease foreman 
was waiting in Jane’s expensive roadster as per the instructions in her telegram. 

Glover Turner and Howell Mitchell had been watching with longing eyes the 
lease of the half-breed Grayhawk and because of Jane’s more than fair treatment in 
developing one of his other tracts and also because she had spent both time and 
money in order to get a son out of jail, the old man refused to talk to them until the 
time when Miss Marvin’s option might expire. And even then if Jane had written to 
him that it was inconvenient or impossible for her to be there at the time of the 
expiration of the option he would have waited but the nearing of the date had not 
occurred to Jane and neither had her trusted scout in the vicinity informed her, until 
the day of his entry in her office, that there was an offset well to this acreage which 
was showing for a producer. As it was, the two men saw that there was not much 
hope for them and not understanding that God has sufficient for all of his creation 
and that what belongs to one person can not rightfully be taken away from them, 
they decided to obtain the lease whether by fair means or foul. Therefore, upon 
seeing the lease foreman in Miss Marvin’s car at the station they surmised that he 
was there for the purpose of taking Miss Marvin to get the lease. 

As the two drove up to the parking beside the car occupied by Parsons, Mitchell, 
presumably examining his car, said “You are Sam Parsons from the Marvin Lease, 
aren’t you?” Sam acknowledged that he was and indicated that he was not acquainted 
with the speaker. The other pretended he was acquainted with Miss Marvin, whom 
he had seen on the lease at a distance, said “We wanted to sell Miss Marvin some 
acreage; when do you expect her down?” Sam replied that he was expecting her on 
the train soon due; it was late but should be in now in the next few minutes. 

Sam Porter was a chemical genius but had many weaknesses. At one time he 
had been a drug addict and his wife had stood by him and finally pulled him through 
the ordeal but he had not yet fully recovered. Because Jane admired Mrs. Porter 
she had given Sam the position on her lease. She knew he was yet not as morally 
strong as he soon would be but she thought with Mrs. Porter’s help he would be 
trustworthy and he was making many changes about her refining plant and had talked 
to her about others he wanted to make. 

Mitchell soon saw that Porter was not familiar with all the quirks and depths 
that the human mind can descend., to so he grew bolder; he wanted to see if the man 
was aware of the showing of the offset to the Grayhawk lease. “I understand the 
offset to Old Indian Grayhawk’s lease is showing for a producer,” said he. Sam was 
surprised at this and replied “I didn’t know that. It must be for that reason Miss 
Marvin is coming down.” 

“Just think,” continued Mitchell, “what that lease would be worth if poor men 
like us (indicating himself, Sam and Turner) could get it. Miss Marvin has all she 
needs and it is up to us to get it if we can.” Sam could not agree to this as he 
remembered how Miss Marvin had picked him up when he was out of a job and had 
loaned him money to feed his family and to bring them to her lease, yet the demon 
Greed had not been wholly eradicated from his consciousness, and as Mitchell painted 
his picture of a big house, a limousine, with his family well dressed, travel, educa¬ 
tion, and finished by showing a roll of money, Sam’s greed was taking on life. Not¬ 
ing the effect this talk was having on the man, Mitchell continued: “Miss Marvin 
has an option on this lease and if Old Grayhawk thinks she is coming he will not 
give it to anyone else but if we can beat her there and make him believe she isn’t 
coming”—and all of the time Mitchell kept before Sam a roll of bills—a curse of 
humanity is to believe that money of itself can and does have power. Money only 
has the power which the human mind accredits to it. It may be a power for good, 
or it may be the source of the greatest evil. 


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Said Mitchell, “If we count you in with us for a third of the lease don’t you think 
your car can get out of order”—he paused to note the effect of his words, and he saw 
Sam’s eyes growing big with the thought of being a rich man, he continued: “And 
then you could easily repay Miss Marvin for all that you say she has done for you;” 
—still watching Sam closely, then as he peels off a $100 bill from the roll “Here is 
some of it now” but Sam still does not take the money and says “But everything is in 
fine order; I don’t see what could happen to the car.” With this Mitchell and his 
companion burst into a great laugh and indicating the $100 bill Mitchell said “Just 
hold this century note and I’ll see if something can’t happen.” With this the bill 
changed hands and Turner slapped Sam on the back with the rejoinder “Now you 
are learning how to get on—just sit tight and you will have nothing to worry about.” 
With this the two men backed up their car to Jane’s to remove most of the gasoline. 
It was this picture that because of the transparency of her conscience was reflected 
to her in the dressing room. 

As the train pulled into the station Miss Marvin was among the first to alight. 
With her coat over her arm, her traveling bag and portfolio in her hand she paused 
on the platform to locate Sam and seeing him sitting in the car she went straight to 
him. Sam immediately got out of the car to meet her and after shaking hands, she 
inquired “How is the wife, and how are the kiddies?” “Fine,” said Sam, “how did 
you stand the trip?” “Now, Sam,” she replied, “you know I always stand every trip 
in good shape, don’t I?” Sam acknowledged that she did. She added, “Are you all 
ready to go, Sam, plenty of gas and oil, and everything in shape?” She watched him 
closely as she asked this and she noted the red creeping into his face. “Everything 
ready, Miss Marvin.” Stepping into the car Jane directed that he drive to a confec¬ 
tionary where she purchased a goodly supply of candy and fruit both for Sam’s fam¬ 
ily and that of Grayhawk’s. About to get in the car with her luggage of fruit and 
candy she handed a sack to Sam with the direction that he take that to the kiddies. 
Sam could not stand this and he said “No, thank you, Miss Marvin.” This was the 
first time Sam had ever refused and Jane watched him quizzically. Sam was getting 
nervous and his fears* were increased as she stepped into the car and said “Now drive 
around to a filling station.” He was in such a nervous condition that he could hardly 
drive the car. Upon stopping at the filling station Jane stepped out of the car and 
around to the gasoline tank and noted that the tank was nearly empty. Ordering 
it filled and paying the receipted bill she ordered Sam to drive out to the side of the 
curb and stop. Sam seemed to sense that Miss Marvin knew all about what he had 
done and was trembling as though he had the palsy. It is in just such ways that 
palsy is brought about. “Sam,” said Miss Marvin, “who were those men who took 
the gasoline out of the tank?” With this Sam tried to put up a bluff and he said, 
“If you are going to accuse me you can get someone else in my place.” Jane reached 
in her pocket and-showed him her gun and said “Be calm, Sam, I only want the facts 
if you tell the truth no harm will come to you.” With this Sam told her about the 
drainage of the oil tank. “What else happened, Sam?” with a canniness that made 
Sam shudder. Realizing the futileness of his position he pulled out the $100 bill and 
handed it to Jane. “And so”, said she, “they gave you this. You are serving the 
devil Sam and sin is its own destruction. What do you want to do?” 

“I want to get out of this mess and go straight.” 

Sam wanted to get rid of the money but she refused telling him to keep it as 
proof and then—“Drive to the sheriff’s office.” 

It was only a few minutes until Jane had sworn out a warrant for the arrest of 
the men. Hurrying back to the car she took the driver’s seat, and “I’ll not need you 
to drive Sam, go home and tell your wife what has happened. Will you?” Sam 
promised to do so and Jane saw him start as she turned her car for her trip to the 
Grayhawk farm. 


CHAPTER III. 

As soon as Turner and Mitchell saw the train approaching after having taken 
the gasoline from the tank of Miss Marvin’s car they lost no time in getting started 
on the trip to see Grayhawk. They figured that if they could get there first and get 
the lease well and good, if not, they would try to make him believe that Miss Marvin 
was not coming and the moment the option time was out they would be on the ground 
and the old man would be free to sign a lease to them. Hence they were feeling 
very good with the belief that if Jane’s car ran out of gasoline fifteen or twenty miles 
out on the long lonely road there would not be much chance for her to get out to 
Grayhawk’s home that evening. There were two roads equally good which led to the 
farm of Grayhawk. At the intersection of the two roads the men disputed which 
road they would take and which road Miss Marvin would be likely to take. They 



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at last agreed on the right-hand road and so turned. Things seemed to be going their 
way and one of the men pulled a bottle of amber fluid from his pocket and took a 
long full drink. Anyone within distance could have seen the contents of the bottle dis¬ 
appearing, then he handed it to the driver, his companion, who finished the contents 
of the bottle. Throwing this on the roadside they quickened their speed and after 
crossing a bridge stopped and looked back. Said Turner to Mitchell, “We might 
saw these boards from the under side nearly in two and then when she drives on 
to the bridge we need have no fears that she will catch up with us;” and they guffawed 
hilariously. All of the depravity of which the human mind is capable seemed to be 
harbored in Mitchell’s mind, yet with the aid of good clothes to one who was not a 
student of human nature he could present a very affable exterior. The liquor he had 
been drinking today and his desire for sudden wealth urged him on. “Sure”, said he, 
“this is a man’s work anyway”, and with this remark he picked up a small saw in 
the tonneau of the car and leaning over the side of the bridge, together they com¬ 
menced the work of destruction, sawing the hoards nearly through from the under 
side. This accomplished they again resumed their journey and in due course of time 
reached the residence of Grayhawk. This was a handsome new bungalow built with 
the money from the oil lease he had previously sold to Miss Marvin, situated near 
the roadside, and in an open space of ground. While Grayhawk had learned many 
of the white man’s ways,—some of which were better than that of the savage and 
some not so good—he still kept his cow tied to the side of the house and* his chickens 
had as free access therein as did his children. His plow and wagon were as near the 
door as it was possible to get them, the piano and graphophone were as liable to 
contain the dishes and cooking utensils as was the stove. 

Madam Juanita Grayhawk, or, as her husband called her, the Squaw, was ill and 
was wrapped in red flannel to keep away the sick spirit. The two men drove up in 
the yard and parked their car when Grayhawk met them at the door. Grayhawk had 
long since learned to be wary of strangers and although the men had been there 
several times before trying to buy acreage from him—with that insight which those 
unspotted from the world and children seem to have, he had refused to have anything 
further to do with them. Mitchell used his most persuasive talk, telling the old man 
he had talked with Miss Marvin’s lease foreman and was informed by him that Miss 
Marvin could not possibly get down. Grayhawk still insisted that he wanted Miss 
Marvin to have the lease. Trying to gain his point Mitchell added, “I understand 
Miss Marvin is not drilling any more wells and that she doesn’t want this lease.” 
Madam Grayhawk leaned far over the side of the bed and called to her husband 
“You wait, Great Spirit tell me Miss Jane come.” Mitchell had been displaying another 
flask and as he took a drink and handed it to his companion, he noticed Grayhawk 
watching it. Grayhawk had once tasted fire-water and although he always regretted 
having taken it he thought that if he were to take it again he could only take a small 
drink and not enough to affect him. Therefore he accepted Mitchell’s offer of a small 
drink and as he handed Grayhawk the bottle pushed past him into the room and seated 
himself at the table to make his final plea and to wait until 6 o’clock had passed, 
the time that Miss Marvin’s option would be up, all of the time displaying a roll of 
money. “I no need money,” advised Grayhawk, “I still have money Miss Marvin 
paid me. 


Not far behind the men Miss Marvin had followed the same road until she came 
to the intersection. At this point she wavered, as the men had done, and after hesi¬ 
tating a moment she turned to the right, then paused and, that monitor, the still, small 
voice, which always directs us aright if we will but listen, said “Go straight ahead.” 
She stopped, backed up her car, turned hack and drove straight ahead. Then as she 
glanced at her watch from time to time she would unconsciously give the car more 
gas, until she was leaving the posts behind at the rate of about 50 miles per hour. 
It was at this speed she came down the last lap of her journey, which led to the home 
of Grayhawk. When the house appeared in the distance she commenced to slow 
down and coming closer, she saw the youngest of the Grayhawk children in the yard 
waving her welcome. She knew she was being expected, smiled and—gave the car 
more gas. Driving up she saw the automobile of the two men. Nothing fearing— 
for Jane had never recognized the quality of the human mind called fear as 1 having 
any power—she parked her car, took out her portfolio, picked the child up and gave 
him candy and went direct to the door where Grayhawk had come to welcome her. 
With a hearty handshake and some fruit and candy for the old man Jane pushed 
passed him to the room of the sick woman. Clasping her hand warmly Jane laid 
her free hand on her head for a moment. Juanita Grayhawk held onto the hand 
of Miss Marvin as though it were the hand of her best friend. “Great Spirit tell me 
you come” said Juanita. Then she leaned over the bed and called to the men to “Get 



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out.” Grayhawk indicated for them to go and if they are too slow he would use his 
foot. The men were sullen but did not linger. Jane watched them until they had 
started out of the yard then turned and picking up the bottle of liquor on the table, 
poured some in a saucer. “Look here, Grayhawk,” said she, as she lighted a' match 
and it burst into flames. Grayhawk could hardly believe his eyes and upon his promise 
“Me not touch it more.” Jane went into the sick room. Grayhawk took the bottle, 
threw it against a pile of rocks, breaking it and spilling the contents. 

In the sick room Jane’s first question was “How long you been sick, Juanita?” 
Juanita told Jane about the red flannel she had been wearing to keep off disease and 
then she said “I got what you call Influence?” With a hearty laugh Jane corrected 
her with “You mean Influenza?” Juanita admitted that was what she meant. And 
then, said Jane, “The Great Spirit did not make influenza, or any other disease, 
Juanita.” Juanita’s mind never having been filled with erroneous education was re¬ 
ceptive to the Truth. She seemed to see instantly that what she called Influence, 
and we term Influenza, was only a belief of the human mind and was not at all the 
real creation. After a moment of thought she replied pointing to her forehead, “then 
it is only here—Great Spirit know nothing about it.” Jane nodded that she was 
right. Then as the light seemed to flood her consciousness Juanita replied “Great 
Spirit know nothing about it”—and after a considerable pause—“then it is a lie.” Jane 
continued “Yes, a lie of the human or carnal mind and because you have been be¬ 
lieving the lie it seems real or true.” As Juanita saw the falsity of the belief she 
had been entertaining her eyes got wider and wider; a great peace came over her 
features and a realization of her true condition came to her; and, commencing to 
pull her robe about her she said; “I get up—I well.” Grayhawk who had come into 
the room and had been listening to the conversation between the women had not yet 
grasped the Truth and he believed Juanita was still sick, and when his wife started 
to rise would have had her remain had not Jane admonished him to leave her alone. 

Realizing how Juanita felt Jane set about getting her a meal. While this was 
cooking she got the contract for the lease and with the words “I want you to sign 
the contract for the lease Grayhawk”, handed him her fountain pen and indicated 
the line on which he was to sign it. Grayhawk signed in his laborious way and then 
handed it to Juanita who had joined them. After signing it they hand the instru¬ 
ment to Jane who is writing a check and handed it to Grayhawk. As he read “Pay 
to the order of Robert and Juanita Grayhawk, Fifty Thousand Dollars,” he gave a 
grunt of satisfaction. Grayhawk passed the check over to his wife. Jane took a 
$50. bill from her purse and handed it to Juanita and said “this is just a little extra 
bonus,” as Grayhawk watched her jealously. Laughing at Grayhawk she gave him 
a bill of like denomination. This pleased them both, for while the educated Indian 
realizes the value of a check still—like so many of their white brothers and sisters— 
they do like to see the “coin of the realm.” Gathering up her belongings Jane told 
them and the child goodby and leaving the sack of fruit went to her car. With real 
fondness they watched her as she got in the car, waved them another goodby and 
drove away. 

On the way back from Grayhawk’s Jane came to the cross-roads the right-hand 
road leading over the bridge that had been especially prepared for her by the two 
men. She especially desired to go this road in order to see if her lease-foreman Sam 
had gotten home and had told his wife of his temptation; as she did so a warning 
came to' her to go the other road. Jane had always found that a warning or guidance 
which came to her other than from her own reasoning was reliable and to be fol¬ 
lowed, but not as yet having fully overcome the dictation of human will she fol¬ 
lowed her own inclination. As she came to the bridge where the boards had been 
sawed she slowed up as though fearing what might be in store for her and as she 
drove on to the boards they gave way with the weight of the car and before the 
wheels could gain the solid boards the car was hurled beneath the bridge. 

Matthew Wilburton, a telephone lineman, together with his wife, were just re¬ 
turning from an inspection tour of the country telephone system. As they neared 
the bridge, Mir. Wilburton commenced to slow down on the speed in order to give 
any car which might be approaching from the other side, time to clear the bridge 
and make the smooth road again before they came up. Knowing he had plenty of 
time he was watching the immediate road ahead of him when suddenly Mrs. Wil¬ 
burton threw up her hands with a scream and fell against him in a faint. He was 
at a loss to account for this action on her part when, on glancing at the roadway 
ahead he saw the rear wheel of a car sticking up from the bridge. 

Parking as quickly as safety would allow he aroused Mrs. Wilburton and together 
they hurried to give first aid to Miss Marvin now pinned beneath the fallen car. As 
he pried up the car he at first thought that Miss Marvin had ceased to breathe but 
as his wife raised her head and turned her on her side he thought he detected a 
faint movement of her lips. Leaving her to Mrs. Wilburton he ran to his car and 


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getting his lineman’s test-set which he used in try-outs on the line was soon climb¬ 
ing the telephone pole where he called an ambulance. It was at this juncture that 
the sheriff’s car drove up with Turner and Mitchell therein. Both men were hand¬ 
cuffed. The sheriff’s car was followed by one of his men driving the Mitchell car. 
After examining the cause of the accident the sheriff immediately examined the car 
of Mitchell and finding the saw in his car brought against the men the additional 
charge of man-slaughter. 


CHAPTER IV. 

Captain Hilton did not leave his headquarters on the day of the election until 
the returns had come in that he had run far ahead of the ticket. With this assurance 
he had sought a few hours of rest and as he came in for dinner he was glancing 
over the election reports when it almost seemed that there was a messenger pounding 
at his consciousness; as he still read, in front of him the picture stole over 
the paper of Jane lying beneath the car. Jack had had several experiences of the 
oneness of the One Mind but as yet he had not learned to think sufficiently scientific 
to analyze this seeming phenomenon. However he immediately dispatched a telegram 
to Miss Marvin saying “It seems to me you are in an accident wire me it is untrue.” 

Jane had regained consciousness in the hospital with two doctors and a nurse 
standing over her and after a consultation Dr. Steele had been designated to tell 
her what they considered her condition. 

As Jane made an effort to rise the doctor advised her they considered her very 
seriously injured; “In fact,” said he, “even though you should get well you will be 
a cripple for the remainder of your life.” There was a time in the life of Jane when, 
because of the general thought, she might have been inclined to believe without ques¬ 
tion what the Medico was telling her. As it was, she had proved on many occasions 
the asseverations of M. D.’s to be wholly untrue and without foundation and in this 
instance what they intended for a verdict, only seemed to Jane as a conjecture. 
Therefore, after a moment’s reflection she replied, “That is only what you believe, 
it may not be true.” Dr. Steele disliked to have his ultimatum questioned and after 
leaving some big brown pills and a bottle of very strong stimulant he dismissed 
himself of the case. As soon as, the sound of the footsteps of the departing physician 
died away the nurse, in obedience to her orders, poured a tablespoon of the medicine 
for Jane, and was chagrined to have her refuse to take it. 

“You’ll die” was the consolation she offered Jane. 

“Please leave me alone for a while,” said Jane. 

Jane then reached under the bed and took the Bible from her traveling bag and 
opened it to the 8th. chapter of the book of Matthew. When she came to the 17th. 
verse “Himself took our infirmities and bare our sicknesses” a great sense of calm 
possessed her and she knew if Jesus bare our infirmities and sickness for us that 
she could not be sick or injured and started to rise. As yet, however, her conscious¬ 
ness was not entirely emptied of some of the beliefs that she had known from child¬ 
hood. It had only been a short time that Jane had been studying this beautiful Christ 
Science and this accident, although brought about by her disobedience to the warning, 
she knew it was another proof of God’s eternal care for his children. As she picked 
up the bottle of medicine the Doctor left for her it came to her thought so clearly 
“If I depend on this instead of God I would be breaking the first commandment.” 
And she poured it out. Then, as she examined the pills, “some more idols” and they 
met the fate of the bottle of medicine. As Jane continued studying that wonderful 
eighth chapter and then to the ninth chapter which describes the healing of the man 
sick of the palsy, and when she read the words “For whether is easier to say Thy 
sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk?” the light of understanding flooded 
her consciousness and she understood that she was created in the image and likeness 
of her God and could not be injured, or broken, or bruised. To herself she said 
“Both sickness and sin are only mental and there is no reason why I am not well 
right now” and at this she sat up on the edge of the bed;—then she stood up—and 
finding her clothes commenced to dress—a well woman. Her consciousness became 
so clear and she felt such freedom from the mortal body she felt that she could 
almost fly. 

Simultaneously with Jane’s realization of her true state the nurse in the business 
office was just making out her report “Miss Jane Marvin—Injury for Life,” and her 
consternation knew no bounds when she came into the room and beheld Jane dressed 
ready for the street and just finishing packing her bag. Her first admonition was to 
get back In bed at once, and when that young lady replied “No bed for me, can’t 
you see I’m alright” she was first accused of not being in her right mind and then 
“What a mmacle!” “No miracle,” said Jane “but Divinely natural. If we understood God 





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and His way$ we would know that sin, sickness, accidents, poverty and death are but 
false beliefs and because we believe them true, they seem true to us.” 

As Jane entered the outer office to ask for her expense account the clerk at the 
desk handed her the telegram from Jack which heretofore they had withheld from 
her thinking she was too ill to receive it. She immediately asked for a telegraph 

blank and wired that impatient individual “Did seem to be hurt Am alright now 

Home tomorrow Expect you for dinner” and gave the telegram to the waiting boy. 

By this time the news of Jane’s sudden cure had spread throughout the hospital and 

many of the nurses came in to see her. After paying her bill Jane joined the waiting 
nurses and they had many questions to ask of her, and many predicted that she 
would soon experience a return of the old symptoms and many others wished her 
well. It was thus that Jane left the hospital to a waiting taxi and by almost 
breaking the speed limits arrived at the station in time to take the train for home. 

Almost simultaneously with the reading of the telegram by Jack that Jand had 
been in an accident she was purchasing a paper on the train telling her of his election. 
Her regret was that she had not known of it in order to congratulate him. However 
she felt she could do that when he came for dinner. 

W'hen Jane’s telegram was handed to Jack he was in the midst of a conference 
with Fred Rennis, the assistant attorney general whom he had retained in his office. 
He had kept Mr. Rennis because he had been employed in the attorney general’s office 
for the previous four years and had handled the legal work for the banking depart¬ 
ment of the state. Mr. Rennis was just saying to Attorney General Hilton “I would 
like very much to be left in charge of the work we do for the bank commissioner.” 
When Jack glanced at the telegram and found that Jane was alright he was relieved 
but. the thought kept presenting itself “So she really was in an accident.” He an¬ 
swered Mr. Rennis that he desired to get at the botom of all the bank failures and 
that since he had been in the service for four years he ought to know something 
about it and that for the present at least, he would be retained. 

Nothing could have suited the nefarious purpose of Fred Rennis so well as to 
be retained to do the legal work for Bank Commissioner Price Freeburg. It was just 
at this juncture that Mr. Freeburg telephoned to Mr. Rennis to meet him at the 
Columbia Exchange Bank. This bank had long been in a failing condition but because 
it was managed by men in the political ring it had been allowed to remain open. 
Governor S. F. K. Boberson had already sent large deposits of the state’s (people’s) 
money to this bank to keep it from being closed but the officers of the bank had been 
unusually unsuccessful in some Board of Trade ventures and this was an emergency 
call. Therefore it was agreed upon that there should be a commission paid for send¬ 
ing another quarter of a million dollars to this bank but how to arrange it was a 
question. Finally the plan was hit upon that since Price Freeburg and the Governor 
were owners of a wild-cat lease which had been tested and found dry and which at 
the highest estimation was not worth more than $2. per acre, they would sell this 
lease to the President and in order to keep the attorney general’s office from inves¬ 
tigating it was necessary to include that office and it was only through the assistant 
Mr. Rennis that that office could be reached. 

The sale of the lease for $50,000. was agreed upon by all concerned and it was 
also agreed to divide the amount into three equal parts. This arrangement was com¬ 
pleted—only that the Assistant used the name of the attorney general. Thus another 
$50,000. of the people’s money had been filched by the process of legalized graft. The 
bank remained open in this condition until another plunge on the Board of Trade 
and a hurry call to the Bank Commissioner’s office. This time there was no relief 
and the notice 

“THIS BANK IS CLOSED AND IS UNDER SUPERVISION OF THE 

BANK COMMISSIONER” 

was placed on the door. Consternation and confusion followed the closing of the 
bank and Miss Marvin had kept all of her surplus money in this bank because of the 
law known as the State Guaranty Law. There had been many recent failures under 
this guaranty but the people had been kept in ignorance of the fact that the fund had 
been so depleted that the law was of no further use or effect. 

Pursuant to the receipt of the telegram from Jane on the evening of her arrival 
Jack went to her beautiful home for dinner. Just as they were finishing a delightful 
conversation and a delicious meal they heard the newsboys’ cry of “Extra! Extra!” 
Together they left the table and at the door Jack called to a newsie. They read in 
big headlines across the front page “Bank Commissioner finishes checking Columbia 
Exchange Bank and Its Doors are Closed.” Jane could not support herself longer 
and sank into a nearby chair with her hands over her face. “Jane”, asked Jack, 
“was your money in that bank?” She nodded that it was. He tried to comfort her. 
Said she, “Someone must account for this. It is your duty to find out who.” “I will 
go to the bottom of this,” as he put on his coat and hat. 


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As soon as slie had said goodby to Jack she immediately telephoned her con¬ 
fidential attorney who went to work at once by telephoning a private detective. This 
individual went to the bank and barely missed the Bank Commissioner who was leav¬ 
ing and by talking with a clerk in the bank, who had considerable money there him¬ 
self was shown the entry for the $50,000. lease. Said the clerk, “That lease has dry 
holes all around it and it is absolutely worthless.” After the detective had made him¬ 
self known the clerk told him to help himself to the books. Without consulting Jane 
further her attorney Judge Fullerton took the matter up with the Grand Jury who 
returned an indictment against the Bank Commissioner, the Governor and the Attorney 
General; 

As soon as Jack could get in touch with his assistant Fred Rennis, he asked 
him to come immediately to the office and upon meeting, the first thing Jack did was 
to accuse him of protecting this graft all along. For satisfaction he got in reply “It 
may be true but you can’t prove it.” Said Jack, “I will prove it.” 

When the three men were accused by the grand jury Attorney General Hilton 
made the statement “Your Honor, I am innocent but I submit to arrest now, and will 
render you all the aid in my power to help convict the guilty parties.” 

Jack’s friends gathered around him and in a few minutes he had made bond. 

Leaving the court room Jack went immediately to Jane’s office and together they 
discussed the turn of events. Jack assured Jane of his innocence and she in turn 
assured him that she had not believed anything else “But,” said she “there is some¬ 
one in your office giving you the double cross.” Jack had been working on this idea 
since the bank failure but so far he had been unable to prove it—after a pause she 
resumed “If only you would try to understand God.” 


CHAPTER V. 

The politicians realized that Jane was instrumental in having the investigation 
started and knowing full well that she would continue to push it until the perpetrators 
of the crime had been brought to justice they proceeded to get out their “poison 
squad” and the result was that one of the wells on the lease of Jane Marvin was 
dynamited. When Jane heard from her lease foreman of the dynamiting she felt that 
the lease was ruined for she feared that salt water would come in as the result of 
the explosion. 

The strain of being suspicioned was telling on Jack. While his conscious was clear 
because he knew he was innocent yet he did not want to be under arrest; he wanted 
the world to know exactly who was at fault and as the result of his untiring, efforts 
to uncover the treachery he had worked early and late. Not realizing that all strength 
comes from a knowledge of Truth—God—and still being in bondage to the belief of 
the power of a cold from sitting in a draft, he manifested its symptoms, and because 
human belief says a cold can run into a fever he commenced to externalize the fever 
thought; the result was a temperature of around 106 degrees and the physicians were 
helpless to check it. In his delirium he would call for Jane and although Miss Mar¬ 
vin had kept in touch with him her time was well taken up. However as the result 
of her inquiry as to how he was getting along Jane hurried out to the hospital to find 
him very ill indeed; Jane realized that here was another opportunity to prove her 
God and she knew that if Jack could once get the understanding of God as she knew 
Him, with his analytical mind he would be a great worker in His vineyard, so “Jack, 
dear,” said she, “the thing that is called a fever is not a true creation and therefore 
has no justification for existence.” “Then,” he countered, “what makes me have it?” 
She stood beside his bedside quietly denying any seeming power that the old-time 
belief that fever was a real creation might try to have in her own consciousness and 
then, “Dear, when you believe a lie it seems real to you, doesn’t it?” Jack admitted 
that such was the case. She continued, “Since God did not create disease it is and 
must be a lie and when you quit believing it it has no power to in any way affect 
you.” Jack was following her reasoning; her scientific statements, and as the realiza¬ 
tion of the truth; the answer, or result of the reasoning, flooded his consciousness, he 
knew that what site had said was true. 

“Sort of a mushroom growth, eh? Without foundation?” 

She nodded “A fabrication of the carnal mind.” 

Jack studied for a few short minutes and then raised himself on his elbow and 
said “They have been refusing to let me drink water, may I have some?” Jane could 
not help laughing at the thought of anyone being refused all of the good pure water 
that they might want and with the assurance that he surely could have some she 
poured a glass for him. “That’s fine,” draining the last drop, “now if only I had 
something to eat.” Glancing at her watch she assured him it would only be a short 
time until dinner and then with a return of the old doubt “Will it be alright for me 



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to eat?” Again she assured him that it would be and quoted ‘‘Every herb bearing 
seed and every tree in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed were given to 
us for meat.” “Ah,” said he, “I see where you get your authority not to eat meat.” 

Jane knew that he was well and started to go but Jack had a superstition that 
he wanted to be rid of so on looking at a large opal which he had gotten in the Hon¬ 
duras mines he said “Do you suppose that this opal which I brought from the mine 
is bringing me bad luck?” 

She took the stone as he removed it and, admiring its beautiful green and red 
coloring said, “Jack, you really don’t believe this stone has any intelligence to bring 
you either good or bad luck, do you?” 

“Then you are not afraid of it?” catching her hand. 

“Anyone would be lucky, as you call it, to have such a stone,” laughingly. Jack 
caught her hand and started to slip the ring on what is popularly known as 
the engagement finger but Jane felt that until they were ready to announce their en¬ 
gagement there was no reason to be proclaiming it to the world at large so she sub¬ 
stituted her right hand. She admired its beauty and impulsively pressed it to her 
lips; then—“Oh, yes I brought you some flowers.” “I appreciate it,” said he, “but it’s 
too late, I’m going out of here now” and upon the reappearance of the nurse asked for his 
clothes. The nurse was astonished beyond belief but after inserting the thermometer 
beneath his tongue and finding that he had no fever she admitted “He is perfectly 
normal. I never saw anything like it.” “Miss Marvin has cured me,” said Jack. “No 
dear,” she corrected, “your grain of an understanding of God is what cured you.” 

“Remaps so,” he admitted. 

With a parting goodby to the nurse and Jack, Jane hurried back to her office 
and to the problems confronting her. Back into her sanctum she dropped into her 
chair and a great sense of the seeming tangled condition of her affairs came over 
her—Jack under arrest, her wells dynamited and ruined, a rental payment of $500,000. 
due the Mexican government in a short time, her funds lost in the bank failure. None 
of these conditions were brought about by any wrong doing on her part and for an 
unguarded moment she was about to rail at what is erroneously termed destiny and 
then her reason—that greatest of all human faculties—asserted itself and she quickly 
reached for the Bible that occupied the most prominent place in the row of books on 
her desk. As the book opened she glanced down and the first passage that caught 
her eye John 5:30 “I can of mine own self do nothing,” she felt as though that verse 
had been written especially for herself and as she paused for a moment the words 
“There comes a time in our lives when all that is material is dead, hopeless, and the 
thought, heart and soul can turn to the spiritual alone” came to her. Slowly she 
turned the pages of the book before her and found herself reading the book of Job. 
“So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job”-—a calm as of the stilling of a storm came 
to her. She placed the book on the desk and sat studying abstractedly. “Why not 
sell her home?” She was debating this in her thought but there was the question 
“Why had she been forced to meet these conditions?” kept recurring to her;—like a 
voice from someone standing beside her came the words “You have been depending 
on the god of self for your supply. This is your opportunity to turn to the one God 
and to prove Him.” A great illumination came to her and she knew now the answer 
had been found. Then came the voice “Go out to see the extent of the damage to 
your wells.” Following this guidance she wired her lease foreman that she intended 
coming to the field. 


CHAPTER VI. 

As soon as Jack had left the hospital he delved into his problem anew but this 
time he felt that he had a power helping him that heretofore had been unknown. 
His first step was to go direct to the bank and ask to be allowed to go through the 
books. He had not searched long when he found the returned cashier’s check bearing 
his signature. How this had failed to have been brought out at the investigation of 
the Grand Jury he could not understand but that indictment had been more on a gen¬ 
eral accusation. With the evidence of the guilt of his assistant located, he felt that 
he had not much to do to establish his innocency. 

TTpon Jane’s arrival at the lease she set about to establish how much damage 
had been done and her worse fears were realized when she made a test of the oil; 
then to her lease-forman she said “How did anyone manage to get inside of the gate 
Sam?” and Sam admitted that a man had come to him wanting'to buy a keg of oil as 
a sample and represented that he had been sent because of a transaction to sell the 
lease and that because he could not take the keg just at that time he had asked Sam 
to leave the gate open in order that he might get it later that night. “Do you realize 
that by your sin of disobedience you have lost me millions of dollars and yourself a 
living?” and 'Sam was repentant and said that he wanted to be forgiven and Jane 



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said “Your sins are forgiven when you forsake them.” “Yes,” said Sam,, “and when 
I have made retribution.” “Yes, in so far as you are capable,” and then Sam told 
her about a tract of land down in the bluffs where he believed there was oil and 

wanted to take Jane down to look at it and she replied “Get your wife and we will 

go down there to see it.” 

They stopped to make some inquiries of the tenant on the place but the wife 
advised that her husband was not at home. As Jane looked past the woman into the 
house she saw therein a very crippled child who was unable to rise and she interested 

herself in the child and the woman. While Jane was talking an officer came to the 

house hunting for the man and the woman asked why her husband was wanted and 
the man said “For dynamiting the wells of the Marvin Lease.” Jane was tempted, 
when she learned this, to leave without offering to assist the woman and child to an 
understanding of man and his relation to God, which understanding would heal all 
diseases, and then “Love your enemies, do good to them that hate you”, flashed across 
her mind. The woman showed Jane a string of buckeyes and said “I have had him 
wearing These buckeyes to keep the sickness away.” “The buckeyes don’t seem to 
have much intelligence, do they?” and the woman admitted that they did not and then 
added “My brother always had these spells and he has inherited them” to which Jane 
said “Because your brother suffered you have held the thought before the child until 
he has manifested it;” and as Jane bent over the child and took his hand he became 
quiet and free from all pain. The mother was very grateful for this and the father 
who had taken refuge in the attic from strangers, fearing arrest, was looking through 
a knot hole and saw his child at ease for the first time in two weeks, he gave a start 
and made a noise which the officers heard and became suspicious that the man they 
wanted was in hiding. 

When Jaue said to the mother, “Can you see! this child as he was created, pure 
and perfect?” the child closed his eyes as though in sleep then presently opened them, 
yawned, stretched and said “Mother, I am hungry,” — then arose a well child. 

The father watching above was so overcome with joy that he struck a box and 
the officers realizing that the man was in the attic thought he was attempting to get 
away and started to find a way to get to the attic; when suddenly a trap door was 
thrown from the, ceiling and the man made his appearance and said; “I have watched 
what has been taking place and this healing was none other than God’s work; I do 
not fear anything now; I want to surrender—I want to make my confession” and as 
the officer 'took from his pocket a pad and commenced to write the man dropped on 
his knees beside of Jane and poured out every detail of what had taken place, how 
Fred Rennis had hired him to dynamite the wells and how after having done so he 
had been haunted and hunted and that this was his first crime but he was tempted 
by the money because he had a large family and a sick child but now that the child 
was well he felt that he wanted to pay the penalty for his crime and he also wanted 
Rennis to pay for his part in the transaction. Being assured that Rennis would be 
brought to justice the officer handcuffed the man and took him with him. As Jane 
started to go the wife and mother commenced thanking her and Jane instantly cor¬ 
rected her and said “It was only a little understanding of God—worship Him—not with 
buckeyes and beads—but in spirit and in truth.” 

After Jack had located the forged instrument he called his assistant Mr. Rennis 
in for a conference and when he pulled a memorandum from his pocket Jack noticed 
a small bank book drop from the papers and his first impulse was to mention it and 
then something for which he could not account at the moment stopped his tongue 
and he said nothing but as soon as the assistant had left the room he picked up the 
book and found where a deposit of $16,666. had been placed to his credit. “Quite a 
sum,” thought Jack for an individual on a salary of $300 a month with a family to sup¬ 
port,” and placed the book in his pocket. 

Jack lost no time in swearing out a warrant for the arrest of Rennis and he was 
not a moment too late for the officer found him on the platform disguised with a wig 
and a mustache ready to leave on the incoming train. 

After Jack felt assured that Rennis would be brought to justice he went to his 
Club for an uninterrupted meditation and as the thought came to him “Ever since I 
have been healed I have wanted to know why and how it came about so suddenly 
and Jane said I would find the answer by studying how Jesus healed” and so—as he 
opens his Bible to the Seventh chapter of the book of Luke and read “Then Jesus 
answering said tell John what things you have seen and heard; how that the blind see, 
the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear and the dead are raised and to the 
poor the gospel is preached” and as he paused to consider the greatness of these 
things he realized that he had not smoked for several days and reaching for his favor¬ 
ite cigar, held the light to it; but it didn’t catch, again he tried, but again the cigar 
did not catch and across his mind came the words “It was only a false appetite that 


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craved this weed,” and from that moment he knew he would not smoke any more; 
and he clasped his Bible to him and mentally gave thanks for another healing. His 
first act was to toss the cigar in the waste basket and then he took all of the others 
and treated them to the same fate, saying to himself as he did so “And they were 
fifty cent ones, too”. However he was glad they were gone; but he met a friend as 
he walked out to the lobby of the Club who offered him a cigar; he refused, the two 
men looked at each other and Jack smiled for this was the first time in years that 
he had refused this special brand of cigars and “Another step up the ladder to per¬ 
fection” said he to himself. 


When Jane left the scene of the confession of the man who had dynamited her 
wells she and Sam drove direct to the train. As soon as she reached the office she 
found several waiting for her and among them a man in the real estate business whom 
she had known in the days when she was a struggling stenographer. More out of 
courtesy than anything else she gave him a hearing when he told her he saw that her 
big town house had been placed on the market and that he wanted to sell her a bunga¬ 
low. It was to him she was talking and looking at the small houses he was offering 
when Jack hurried in in response to a telephone call she had sent him. 

Jack smiled as he saw the significance of what she was doing. As soon as the 
man had gone she related what she had learned through the confession she had just 
heard and he in turn told her of the evidence he had unearthed and that Fred Rennis 
had been arrested. They both felt they had sufficient evidence to convict the guilty 
man “but”, said she, “I have something to prove, too”, and seeing Jack’s look of in¬ 
quiry she added “That God is my supply,—I have always depended on myself.” Jack 
thought here was a good opportunity for him for while he knew that Jane fully intended 
to marry him sometime he felt there was not any use to wait further so taking her 
hand he said “Why wait any longer Jane I have sufficient for us both.” Looking at 
him steadily for a moment with her hand still resting in his she said “I couldn’t 
marry you under those conditions, Jack. Don’t you remember that somewhere in the 
book of Jeremiah it says we should not put our trust in man but in the Lord?” Jack 
did not remember having read it but he admitted it sounded like Truth. “I was 
reading the Bible as you told me to do if I wanted to learn more about healing and 
do you know my cigar wouldn’t light after that and since then I have had no desire 
to smoke?” For this Jane was thankful for she knew that Jack’s thought had com¬ 
menced to unfold to the Truth and she also knew that he would continue to study. 
Jane then Hold him about mortgaging her office building and he offered to loan her 
some money but she refused saying that at the present she did not need any. “Then 
only this request, will you have dinner with me this evening?” “I will”, she replied 
with a laugh. Each lapsed into silence and Jane seemed to be in deep thought. Sud¬ 
denly her eyes grew large and she seemed to be looking at someone or something com¬ 
ing in at the door and Jack watched her with interest. To his surprise she said “Did 
you see that man, Jack?” and at first he thought she was joking and suggested that 
it was getting near dinner time; “No, I am going to wait awhile,” said she “for I know 
that man whom I saw just now is coming in here.” 

“Is he bringing good tidings?” quizzed Jack. 

The words “Accept his proposition”, flashed across Jane’s mind and she answered 
“He brings good tidings, Jack”, a pause, then “Dear, ‘Divine Love always has met 
and always will meet every human need’ ”. 


CHAPTER VII. 

Down the street came a rather large, quietly and neatly, but not expensively 
dressed man. He was past what to mortal sense is known as middle age but his 
countenance beamed and his smooth lineless face indicated a man of much spirituality. 
His was a face that one instinctively trusted. Wisdom, kindliness and a perfect trust 
in Divine Principle seemed to shine from his features. As he walked he looked at 
the buildings' until he came to the entrance of the Marvin Building. Noting the name 
and the surroundings carefully he went to the register and sought for a name, then 
stepped in the elevator and gave Miss Marvin’s floor number. Stepping out of the 
elevator he faced the sign on her door. The stenographers and clerks 
were just leaving when the old gentleman came in. The girl at the switchboard 
started to refuse to ask Miss Marvin to see him when, glancing into the man’s eyes 
she noted the kindly eager expression and guessing that he was a stranger and prob¬ 
ably on expense she rang Miss Marvin’s telephone and was a little surprised when 
Miss Marvin did not ask who it was but said quickly “Yes, send him in.” As the old 




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gentleman made his appearance at the door Jack started to go and she said “I will 
not be long”, and saying that he would keep an eye out for her in the building lobby 
he left as the old man came in. “I am Miss Marvin, I was looking for you”, said 
Jane, with a smile as she extended her hand. 

“Then I am in the right place. My name is Christain Mathers, from Dorado, 
Texas.” 

“Yes,” after a pause, “Just what do you want me to do Mr. Mathers?” 

The old gentleman then told her that in their vicinity in western Texas there 
had been a drought, the cattle were dying, the earth was parched and most of the 
farms were mortgaged and they could see no way to clear them and in fact a famine 
existed in the land; and they had held special meetings for prayer that they might 
be delivered of this famine; a committee had been appointed to see what 
could be done and a man came to them and advised them that he believed he had 
oil on his place from the seepages along the creek. The others of the committee did 
not think it worth giving any attention but one evening the word came to the old 
man that there was a woman in an Oklahoma town who would be honest with him 
and upon the strength of this he had looked her up. They had taken up a collection 
to send him and he said they had 10000 acres to offer for the drilling of a well in 

the vicinity. Jane drew up the contract to commence the well within thirty days. 

She did not tell the old gentleman that she did not know where she was going to 

get the $50,000. which she knew would be needed to drill the well. Instead she 

reached for her purse and handed him a bill for $50. The old man’s eyes shone with 
gratitude and he turned away to hide his emotion and then “I knew it would come 
somehow”, said he, “for I only had this”—exhibiting a 25-cent piece—“left.” “Good”, 
cried Jane, “then you did it all on faith.” 

With the departure of the old man Jane folded her contract, placed it in her hand 
bag and hastened to meet Jack whom she knew was waiting for her below. As the 
thought of the $50,000. to drill the well came before her she thought “how can I 
doubt,” and bowing her head she praved, “Father I thank thee that thou hast heard 
me,” and hurried on with her hat and coat. 

Jack had no more than taaen up his wait at the entrance lobby until a well groomed 
man of about his own age stepped up, took him by the arm and gave his hand such a 
terrific pressure that for a moment Jack was tempted to hit him. Then they both 
laughed, and said Jack, “Ray Holland, there is only one other person in the world whom 
I would rather see than you.” “I didn’t know you were married,” laughed Ray. Jack 
admitted that as yet he was not and then “tell me all about yourself, Ray, why, I 
haven’t seen you since you took that hundred dollars off me promising to make me rich 
in a mining venture.” 

“And I kept my promise, that hundred dollars counted you for a half interest in a 
mining claim I wanted to save. I have just sold that venture and have been reading 
about you in the papers and came to see what I could do. That mining claim sold for a 
half million dollars and I have hastened here to give you what was rightfully yours.” 

Jack was just gasping his astonishment and appreciation when Jane walked out of 
the elevator. Jack called her to them and after introducing Ray, suggested the three of 
them go to dinner. 

Seated at the dinner table Jack explained to Jane the association of himself and 
Ray; and Ray proceeded to enlighten her about the mining deal. “Just what I need,” 
and she told them of the deal she had just made and that if they would furnish $50,000 
she would give them a half interest in the 10,000 acres of leases and the completed well. 

“Count me for $25,000,” said Ray. 

“Same here,” laughed Jack. 

Thus the mist of human doubt which seemed to obscure God’s abundant supply van¬ 
ished and every need was met. 

The old gentleman could hardly wait until he reached his cheap rooming house to 
fall on his knees in prayer to God and he prayed the same prayer that Jane had prayed, 
“F'ather, I thank thee for I know that thou hearest me always,” showing that in reality 
there is only One Mind. 

On his arrival in the little town of Dorado a special meeting was called to offer 
thanks for his success in getting someone to undertake to drill the well. 

Jane lost no time in getting action, she wired the nearest supply house to get the 
material on the ground at once, sent her most trusted driller, Robert Manly, to take 
charge with instructions to push the work to completion without interruption, and then 
packed a couple of trunks and set out for the scene of activity. 

As the train pulled into the little station of Dorado, Texas, she and several repre¬ 
sentatives of wholesale houses, usually known as travelling men, were the only ones to 


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get off. She carried her own luggage to the broken-down hotel. There was no one in 
the office and she stepped to the hotel register and wrote “Jane Marvin, Oklahoma, 
Okla.” The house was old, but the lobby was clean and this was a great satisfaction. 
She stood at the door of the hotel and watched her own men unloading a car of her pipe 
for the well. “This will be a different town,” said she to herself “before very long.” 
Her first thought was to get out to the well but she decided not to interrupt any of the 
work of her men and hire a local garage man to take her; so she stepped to the tele¬ 
phone and after holding it for what seemed an interminable time without getting a 
response she remembered that in the rural districts it was necessary to turn a lever 
and with a laugh she said to herself “I forgot to crank it.” She soon was talking to the 
most important garage man in the little town who promised to send up his best driver 
right away. This driver was Toby Novick who was quite popular among the native 
girls, one of whom he termed his sweetheart. 

When the clerk appeared at the desk and read the name of Miss Marvin he surmised 
that she was the lady drilling the well for they had all understood it was a woman who 
had taken the contract. He regretted very much he had not been there for it is some¬ 
what of a curiosity even in this twentieth century in the small towns for a woman to do 
anything of importance in the business world. Before the passage of the National Suf¬ 
frage Amendment she was a real curiosity in the smaller towns and she was never given 
credit with having any ability at all. If she had any ability she had to prove it, the 
question was “What does she look like?” It was different with a man; he could be the 
worse crook out of jail and be absolutely devoid of business ability or common sense, 
for that matter, but because he wore trousers it was taken for granted that he had busi¬ 
ness ability; he was given the benefit of the doubt. 

Conditions are gradually changing, but there is still much room for improvement 
and the smaller towns have not advanced as far as the larger cities where women have 
made such forward strides. 

The clerk was still regretting he had missed seeing what the woman oil operator 
looked like when the reporter for the little paper on his morning news gathering round 
came in and seeing the name, surmised, as had the clerk. Said he, “What does she look 
like?” The clerk admitted that he was out when she had registered. The reporter hur¬ 
ried back with the news which was soon telephoned about and a committee was ap¬ 
pointed to meet Miss Marvin and have her to their monthly Chamber of Commerce 
dinner. 

Upon her arrival at the well the drilling force greeted her warmly. The driller 
advised that they just passed a good oil sand showing much gas and that they were now 
in blue shale. Then he showed her a letter from his little girl asking him to come that 
her mama was very sick. While Jane disliked very much to see her trusted and compe¬ 
tent driller go at this important stage of the well yet she felt it was the only thing to 
do and advised him to put a man on the job whom he thought would be trustworthy. 
She knew all of the big oil companies would be watching the well and if it were a pro¬ 
ducer which she never for a moment doubted, she did not want any slip-up by reason of 
a dishonest driller, hence the caution. There had just been a driller up from the fields 
asking for a job and upon inquiry he was readily located. After watching him take hold 
of the job Manly felt that he was competent but as to his honesty he was not quite sat¬ 
isfied but the realization of his wife at home critically ill decided the matter and he 
turned the well over to the new driller. The new driller was no more than on the job 
and left by himself when several men who had been at the scene of activity every day 
for the past week drove up. In fact it was they who had sent this special man to see if 
he couldn’t get a job as driller for their particular benefit. “Well,” said he “everything 
seems to be working into our hands doesn’t it?” “Now, then,” he continued since we 
are paying you a higher wage than anyone else it is up to you to keep this well from 
coming in until we give the word, you understand?” and waited for the acquiescent nod 
of the new driller before leaving. 


When Jane returned from her trip to the well she was forced to experience some 
of the prejudice existing in small towns against a woman working alone. The country 
sweetheart of the young man who had been driving the car could not imagine a woman 
riding with her Toby without becoming enamored of him so she decided to be on the 
scene when they returned. Miss Marvin treated her courteously but the girl’s mind was 
unable to understand that a woman could be other than subservient to the dictation of 
a man, regardless of the superiority of her intelligence. She had been taught—and oh, 
how tenacious are the teachings of one’s youth—that a woman should pay homage to the 
judgment of a man and that if a man acted as employe for a woman there could not but 
he some ulterior motive. So she called her chum and came down to see that her 
Toby was not defiled by this strange woman but Jane had so completely disarmed her 
with her pleasant smile that after passing some casual remarks with Toby she turned 



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to make a face at him as she started away with her chum and remarked loud enough for 
, ln Jr, a !v ^°7 1 ? ar “Men are always chasing around with some woman.” Said Jane 
o roby You advise your little sweetheart if I hear anything of this nature again I 
cannot possibly use your cars and will be forced to tell your employer the reason.” 
Toby promised it would not happen again. 


J-he clerk watched her as though she had appeared from another world and when 
s e as e 1 y® u have, assigned me to' a room please I think I’ll go right up,” he was 
esirous of making a hit. He showed her to his very best room, a very large one with 
on y one chan, a washbowl and pitcher on a little stand and one towel. The room was 
an y clean but as soon as the door had closed Jane took out her writing pad and com¬ 
menced to figure on how much it would cost to buy that hotel, tear it down and build a 
modem up-to-date one. While in the midst of this interesting speculation the clerk 
called.at her door and advised her a committee was waiting to see her. Heading the 
committee was her friend Christain Mathers with whom she had made the contract and 
after the others were introduced she was advised that she was to be the guest of honor 
at the noon-day luncheon. 

«r The reporter decided he liked her looks very much and asked for an interview 
Just what do you want me to say,” with a little smile. “I think the people would be 
interested m knowing something of your private life.” “Well, say I am not married 
was born m very moderate circumstances and have worked hard all of my life any¬ 
thing else?” J 

“May I ask to what you contribute! your success?” 

Miss Marvin studied a moment, and then, say “To a somewhat understanding of and 
obedience to God.” 

Jane being the honor guest of the luncheon was expected to make the principal 
speech; said she “Oil is a great miracle worker. It changes small hotels into ten-story 
buildings with all modern conveniences, it transforms the small country bank into one 
carrying millions of dollars on deposit, all of the mortgages on the farms are paid and 
where there was once want and lack there is plenty and abundance.” She was gener¬ 
ously applauded and then “And the land shall rejoice and blossom as the rose” Mor^ 
applause; but when she added “And I predict all that I have related to happen and 
even more, for the town of Dorado,” they were ready to carry her on their shoulders 
She ended by saying that they had already passed good oil and gas sands and that when 
she left this morning they were in blue shale and that something interesting should hap¬ 
pen at any moment and suggested that the entire party go out to the well and watch the 
drilling for a while. 


CHAPTER VIII. 

As soon as the new driller was left to follow the instruction of the men who had 
seen fit to pay him more than his regular wage to do their bidding he proceeded to 
shorten the cable so that he could go through the semblance of drilling without the tools 
being on bottom, or, in the vernacular of the oil business, “making hole.” 

The brake holding the bull-wheel on which is wound the heavy steel cable loosened 
its clutch and the drill-stem and bit still being attached at the lower end of the cable 
rapidly unwound it. These tools struck the bottom of the well with a crash; as it did so 
it jerked the pulley from the crown block at the top of the 84-foot derrick and knocked 
out of place the headache post which struck the driller knocking him backward and he 
caught the full blow of the crown block and pulley as they fell to the floor of the derrick. 

The tool dresser rushed to pick him up—the other members of the drilling crew 
hurried to give first aid; after working with the man to restore breathing they carried 
him out beyond the slush pits to a plot of grass and all gave up that he was—dead. 

As the parade of automobiles bearing Miss Marvin and the citizens who had enter¬ 
tained her came up she saw the men carry the wounded driller out and from the ges¬ 
tures of resignation discerned that they believed him dead. The other cars followed Miss 
Marvin’s lead and it was only the matter of moments until a crowd had gathered around 
the man. Jane was the first to reach him and stooping over and taking his hand Jane 
declared “God’s man never dies.” 

As Christain Mathers reached her side she turned to him with the instructions 
“Tell them to bow their heads and thank God that we know Christ is risen and is with 
us here and now” and the whole assembly followed the prayer of the old man, when he 
stopped, again came the instructions from Jane to “continue thanking God.” Jane with 
bowed head stepped to the side of the man and extended her hand and with the very 
slightest assistance he arose to his feet, then turning to the assembled group “I have a 
confession to make” and everyone is intent—“I have just seen the Christ! he was here 
and stooped over me and said ‘Arise and walk.’ I was hurt because I was bribed to delay 




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the well.” Some started toward him but were stopped by the upraised hand of Mathers, 
he continued ‘‘I ask your forgiveness,” a pause—“I have drilled wells in every oil country 
of the world, I have brought in some of the biggest oil gushers in old Mexico that the 
world has ever known—I have had my lesson—never again will I sell my honesty, my 
integrity, my character—from this minute I obey only the Christ.” The tears streamed 
down his cheeks. “I believe this well will be one of the biggest I have ever brought in,” 
the crowd were almost on its tiptoes—‘‘and with the permission of Miss Marvin I prom¬ 
ise to return to work and give her the benefit of my experience.” Miss Marvin nodded 
for him to go. Some in the crowd were shouting, some were awed at the sudden healing 
of the man; some thought it was miraculous, but a few realized it was the understanding 
that man is made in God’s image and likeness and does not need to die. 

The driller stepped on the derrick floor—he took hold of the fallen crown block—a 
groan, a rumble—the ground trembled. Some in the crowd were frightened. 

The driller called “Quick, put out your cigars and cigarettes. Kill that automobile 
engine.” The other members of the crew put out the fire under the boiler. “Quick, 
everybody get far back,” shouted the driller. “No time to lose. We don’t want a fire 
or anybody hurt.” 

Another groan from the well—then a long wail; it grew to a hiss; expanded into a 
roar. Gas raced from the hole in a torrent with terrific force. 

Small bits of rock shot into the air and rattled as they ricocheted upward along the 
framework of the derrick. 

One long minute of this—then another—The crowd was in a state of excited tension. 

Everyone of them had a vital, personal interest in the well. If it came in big their 
properties, leases and royalties would jump in value on the instant. 

The world’s greatest natural gamble was in process; the wheel was spinning and 
about to stop. 

The tension of the crowd was intense. 

Zrr-ru-u-u! 

A black stream of oil reared with a rush into the sunlight, forty feet—hdlf way to 
the top of the derrick—then down to the top of the casing—quiet for a moment,—up 
again, quiet for a moment, the roaring increased—again up—this time to the top of the 
derrick; another pause—louder the rumbling, roaring, tearing in the bowels of the earth; 
then—up—up, on and on—until it was a torrent two hundred feet high, a fountain that 
continued steadily, cascading into fire; as the sunbeams played over its ridges. 

The crowd yelled, cheered, again and again—hats and handkerchiefs went into 
the air. 

Miss Marvin stepped on the running-board of a car and motioned for them to get 
quiet, and—“Our prayers have been answered,” said she. 

Every head bows—then after a short pause—“I estimate the well is making 5000 
barrels per day and the oil is worth $3.00 per barrel.” Again the shouts of cheering and 
applause. Then four women grabbed Miss Marvin, lifted her to their shoulders and 
started on a parade around the gushing torrent of oil, the crowd took up the march. 
Around and around they went, Jane laughing, cheering, crying, applauding. 

After a time Jane struggled to her feet with the arms of the women about her and 
as she did so she met Christain Mathers. “There is much work to be done,” said she. 
“Dismiss the crowd and tell them to keep on praising God.” 

As soon as the well was put under control and the great stream of oil turned into 
the tanks Jane hurried to the telegraph office and wrote “Jackson R. Hilton, Attorney 
General’s office, Oklahoma, Okla. Gusher well in today Yours and Hollands fifty thousand 
is now worth approximately half of fifty millions Jane.” 

Simultaneously with the celebration of the incoming of the well at Dorado back in 
a court room at Oklahoma City a verdict was being handed to the Judge. As he read 
“Fred Rennis is found guilty of forging the name of Attorney General Jackson R. Hil¬ 
ton,” a great applause went up from the crowded room, and Jack’s friends gathered 
about him showering him with congratulations. His first thought was to let Jane 
know and he hurried to send her a telegram appraising her of the fact. 


CHAPTER IX. 

A few hours are ancient history in an oil field and in thirty days a wilderness is 
transformed. 

The little town of Dorado became a tangled mass of humanity amidst the dust and 
oil. It became a place of greasy overalls and big diamonds, of mud and money, beggars 
and multimillionaires. The derricks were built so fast that they looked like a thick for- 
rest of giant naked trees. Buildings were erected seemingly by miracle overnight. A 
new ten-story hotel was being built, the new bank building was nearing completion. 



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People who a short time before could not pay the grocer now owned the most luxurious 
limousines and automobiles. Miraculous Oil! 

There were many ludicrous incidents in the sudden transformation. Some wanted 
to get all soaked with oil, as they said. Women grabbed each other and hugged and 
danced on the streets. Toby Novick in his excitement over the bringing in of a new 
well ran under the down-coming flood and was nearly suffocated in oil. One man who 
owned a farm on which a well was brought in started building a business house. He had 
been a hod carrier all of his life and although his income was around $2000. per day he 
could not stand to miss getting part of the $5. per day which was being paid to the men 
who were helping build his own building, tie applied for and got a job and after working 
a few days fell from a ladder as he ascended with a hod of brick and was killed. 

Someone has said that Aladdin’s lamp and the magic carpet were fairy tales but in 
the oil business one talks fairy tales all of the time. 

The time for the monthly banquet of the Chamber of Commerce was nearing—What 
a contrast to the one they gave Miss Marvin on her arrival. They decided to give this 
in her honor also. Jane wired Jack and Ray to come and met them at the station the 
day of the banquet. This was their first trip and she drove them over the oil fields in 
her new limousine. The banquet was to be a real affair—many prominent people had 
been invited. 

Ever since Jane had greeted Jack when he first arrived she had been watching a 
twinkle in his eyes and it seemed he was always watching her. The thought seemed to 
be transmitted to her from his brain that he intended to ask her not to further postpone 
their marriage. 

She was dressed and down for the banquet early and went into the parlor of the 
hotel to await the coming of Jack and Ray. She was radiant in a beautiful evening 
gown. She went to a little writing desk and was doing some calculating when Jack 
came in. 

He had no more than seated himself near her desk and taking the pen from her 
hand continued holding it, asked “Will you marry me now Jane?” Without hesitation 
she replied “yes”. As Jack caught her hand he slipped the opal ring from her right to 
left hand and said “I now believe opals am lucky.” 

“Jack,” very positively, “stones are neither lucky nor unlucky. They have no intelli¬ 
gence.” As his hands clasped hers “I guess you are right” and both heads bowed over 
the little writing table until they touched. A page walked to the door three different 
times with a telegram calling Miss Marvin. She did not hear. Ray came to the door 
looked in, smiled and walked away. The crowd was gathering around the banquet table, 
the committee was looking for Miss Marvin. Ray walked past them, still they did not 
see him. He laughed, then coughed violently. Miss Marvin looked up and smiled, “Yes, 
here we are, come on in,” as they both laughed sheepishly. 


At the banquet table Jane was given the seat of honor beside Christain Mathers. 
She radiated and sparkled in her intelligent beauty and all eyes watched her every 
movement. 

The toasts dwelt upon her beauty, her intelligence, her untiring efforts and her 
faith in the goodness of God which brought them and their country into such abundance, 
In response, said she: 

“It would do anyone good to hear the brilliant and beautiful tributes paid here to¬ 
night; but—we of ourselves could have done nothing. Our venerable toastmaster Mr. 
Christain Mathers proved his faith by his works in coming to me; I proved mine by 
accepting his proposition when the funds with which to drill were not then in sight. 
Our two guests here tonight, Mr. Jackson R. Hilton and Mr. Ray Holland proved their 
faith by furnishing the first $50,000. with which to drill.” As the applause started Jack 
and Ray acknowledged with a bow. When the applause quieted, she continued “I have 
been in bondage! to sickness and poverty and I have proved that when the human will 
surrenders to the Divine that its beliefs are seen in their true light as only mortal be¬ 
liefs and not in God’s kingdom.” While she was talking a written message was handed 
to her. She glanced at it and after a pause “The driller has just ’phoned in that the well 
on the opposite side of the field is gushing the most gigantic stream of oil he has ever 
seen; says it looks as though it were making 30,000. barrels.” Before Jane finished the 
sentence there was such a storm of cheering and applause that almost threatened pande¬ 
monium. 

Signalling for silence she continued “But we must not forget to keep on praising 
God.” She glanced at Christain Mathers and raising his hand in benediction he dis¬ 
missed the assemblage with the beautiful words from Isaiah “For the earth shall be 
full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.” 






















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